Migrant Construction Workers in Times of Crisis: Worker Agency, (Im)mobility Practices and Masculine Identities among Albanians in Southern Europe Iraklis Dimitriadis

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3031187970
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3031187971
• Author(s): Iraklis Dimitriadis

This book explores how migrant construction workers in Southern Europe faced unemployment and precarious work conditions during and after the Great Recession. By drawing on rich qualitative data, it investigates the experiences of Albanian men within and beyond the workplace, and sheds light on the capacity of migrant builders to deal with economic hardships and the role of their families and masculine identities in shaping their coping practices. This book suggests a new framework for the study of coping practices among migrant (construction) workers, and adds to the study of integration processes in Southern European countries by comparing the narratives of settled migrants in Italy and Greece. This book also looks at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant builders’ lives in Southern Europe. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book is of interest both to students and researchers in the field of migration studies and those working in the fields of sociology, geography, anthropology, political science and economics.

Table contents:

1. Introduction
2. Contexts, Methods, and Analytical Framework
3. Migrant Construction Workers’ Agency in Times of Economic Recession
4. (Im)mobility and Coping Practices Among Albanian Construction Workers and Their Families Amidst the Great Recession and Its Aftermath
5. The Effects of the Economic Downturn on Masculine Identities and Their Relevance to Migrant Agency and Family Relations
6. Conclusions
7. Epilogue: Migrant Construction Workers Admist COVID-19 Pandemic – A

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